Definition of caustic

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Caustic (a.) A caustic curve or caustic surface.

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Pyrotic :: Pyrotic (a.) Caustic. See Caustic.
Potash :: Potash (n.) The hydroxide of potassium hydrate, a hard white brittle substance, KOH, having strong caustic and alkaline properties; -- hence called also caustic potash..
Corrode :: Corrode (v. t.) To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali..
Caustically :: Caustically (adv.) In a caustic manner.
Erodent :: Erodent (n.) A medicine which eats away extraneous growths; a caustic.
Causticily :: Causticily (n.) Severity of language; sarcasm; as, the causticity of a reply or remark..
Mordant :: Mordant (a.) Biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe.
Caustical :: Caustical (a.) Severe; satirical; sharp; as, a caustic remark..
Catacaustic :: Catacaustic (a.) Relating to, or having the properties of, a caustic curve formed by reflection. See Caustic, a..
Sepia :: Sepia (n.) A pigment prepared from the ink, or black secretion, of the sepia, or cuttlefish. Treated with caustic potash, it has a rich brown color; and this mixed with a red forms Roman sepia. Cf. India ink, under India..
Lime :: Lime (n.) Oxide of calcium; the white or gray, caustic substance, usually called quicklime, obtained by calcining limestone or shells, the heat driving off carbon dioxide and leaving lime. It develops great heat when treated with water, forming slacked lime, and is an essential ingredient of cement, plastering, mortar, etc..
Lithia :: Lithia (n.) The oxide of lithium; a strong alkaline caustic similar to potash and soda, but weaker. See Lithium..
Cautery :: Cautery (n.) A burning or searing, as of morbid flesh, with a hot iron, or by application of a caustic that will burn, corrode, or destroy animal tissue..
Vienna Paste :: Vienna paste () A caustic application made up of equal parts of caustic potash and quicklime; -- called also Vienna caustic.
Diacaustic :: Diacaustic (n.) A curved formed by the consecutive intersections of rays of light refracted through a lens.
Rhusma :: Rhusma (n.) A mixtire of caustic lime and orpiment, or tersulphide of arsenic, -- used in the depilation of hides..
Diacaustic :: Diacaustic (n.) That which burns by refraction, as a double convex lens, or the sun's rays concentrated by such a lens, sometimes used as a cautery..
Galvanocaustic :: Galvanocaustic (a.) Relating to the use of galvanic heat as a caustic, especially in medicine..
Resorcin :: Resorcin (n.) A colorless crystalline substance of the phenol series, obtained by melting certain resins, as galbanum, asafetida, etc., with caustic potash. It is also produced artificially and used in making certain dyestuffs, as phthalein, fluorescein, and eosin..
Catheretic :: Catheretic (n.) A mild kind caustic used to reduce warts and other excrescences.
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